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Correspondence Relating to Project Blue Book, 1955

U.S. Department of War · 1955 · 220 pages · text by OCR, confidence 95%

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From the source:Release of 2026-07-10 Incident: 1955, Various. This file contains correspondence relating to Project Blue Book, a 1952-1969 U.S. Air Force program to investigate the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFO). The correspondence includes letters and memoranda sent between various departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, the Legislative Branch, and private citizens concerning UFO sightings and the research and findings of Project Blue Book.

AFOIN-X/Lt Col Johnson/tjc/71092 Wrttn 20 Sep 55 $\text{Int 2-2-7}$ $\text{XOIN-4}$ $\text{20 SEP 1955}$ MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTOR, AFOIN-4 ATTN: Mr. A. F. Arcier SUBJECT: UFOB Program 1. Reference is made to our discussion, subject above, of 7 September 1955 concerning the release of ATIC Special Report No. 14. 2. Present responsibility of AFOIN-4 is to bring Special Report No. 14 up-to-date as of June 1955. 3. Twenty-five copies of this declassified document, which this Headquarters now has, will be withheld from public dissemination but will be made available on an office retention basis to interested persons in the USAF Office of Information Services and the USAF Office of Legislation and Liaison. 4. It has been agreed that Mr. Arcier and Captain Hardin will attend a discussion in Washington on 28 September 1955, at which time the final release will be given to Information Services for necessary action. 5. It is believed this release will clarify the many false impressions presently existing concerning the USAF UFOB Program. $\text{5/}$ JOHN A. SAMFORD Major General, USAF Director of Intelligence $\text{Dispatch 21 Sep 55}$ AFOIN-X Lt Col Johnson $\text{D/I File Cy, X2B2}$ $\text{D/I X-Ref File Cy, X2B2}$ NW 91198 DocId:34745775 Page 197

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